Teenage sensation Tait takes centre stage

Barry Coughlan

Tue, 01 Feb, 2005 - 00:00

Tait will become the youngest England debutant since his Newcastle colleague Jonny Wilkinson almost seven years ago when he runs out at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

It completes a staggering rise from schoolboy star to the Test match arena in barely 12 months. Tait, 19 next Sunday, is still a Zurich Premiership rookie with just 11 league appearances under his belt, but both England boss Andy Robinson and Newcastle rugby director Rob Andrew are convinced he has got what it takes.

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